A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon.

An amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleep around

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleep over

Alternative form of sleeptalk.

(idiomatic) Of a homeless person, to sleep outdoors, particularly as opposed to sleeping in a shelter or similar.

(idiomatic) feigned sleep while actually alert

The control of behavioural and environmental factors in order to ensure effective sleep.

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, where-in the recipient is placed in a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A magical state of suspended animation, a state of ageless, deathless, everlasting sleep. Well-known examples are Endymion, (the lover of the Greek moon goddess, Selene), and the princess from Sleeping Beauty.